Leaving Footprints in Africa

Soweto, 10 November 2012. From 5-9 November 2012 the European Union (EU), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the Department of Sport and Recreation South Africa (SRSA) celebrated three years of successful cooperation on the Youth Development through Football (YDF) project.
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Stories from the Field

Pretoria, 27 November 2012. YDF and the University of Johannesburg publish 'Stories from the Field', a collection of case studies on the impact of YDF on the life of youth across the African continent.   
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YDF launches Manual for Disability Inclusion

Pretoria, 30 October 2012. After months of work, all those present at the first Youth Development through Football Workshop for Disability Inclusion were excited to cast an eye over the newly published short module. Hot off the press, the ‘YDF Manual for Disability Inclusion’ has been developed to provide coaches with the social model of disability, information about different physical and intellectual impairments, as well as with the knowledge on how to involve people with disabilities into football sessions.
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3rd UNOSDP Youth Leadership Camp successfully concluded

Pretoria, 17 October 2012. On 25 September, the 3rd UNOSDP Youth Leadership Camp kicked off at the Swiss Federal Office of Sport in Macolin/ Magglingen with 26 participants from 16 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and the Palestinian territories. After the successful camps held in Qatar and Germany, this camp again provided the youth access to training on how sport can be better used to effect positive change in their communities.
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COP17 follow-up events attract attention

Pretoria, 03 September 2012. The spirit of COP17 and YDF's Green Goal! event, which took place at the Conference of Parties in December 2011 in Durban, was strongly felt at follow-up events in Pretoria (15 August), Soweto (22 August) and Makhado (28 August). Youth leaders from YDF partner Altus Sport demonstrated how to integrate environmental awareness - as it is explained in the YDF Manual for Environmental Awareness - into football sessions with school children who had been invited from surrounding areas.
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Best practices from African partner countries

Pretoria, 22 August 2012. With YDF about to close Phase 1 of the project, it was time to invite all partners from the 9 African countries where the project has been active in the last five years, to a joint reflection workshop. A group of 13 participants and members of the YDF team met at Kwalata Game Ranch, north of Pretoria, to share their experiences and the lessons they have learned.
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'Moving The Goalposts' achieves great success

Kenya, 10 August 2012. This year, Moving The Goalposts (MTG) celebrates its 10th anniversary and looks back on fantastic achievements in tackling gender disparities through the use of football. In 2012, MTG entered into a fruitful partnership with the YDF project to offer girls new prospects by using football to develop essential life skills.
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Partners in Kenya look back

Pretoria, 04 August 2012. Against the backdrop of the end of YDF's first project phase, the Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA) and Vijana Amani Pamoja (VAP) invited trained coaches, managers, instructors and teachers from various organisations, community centres and schools to share their experiences and discuss the way forward.
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Training a new Generation of Role Models

Pretoria, 31 July 2012. As an accredited training partner United Through Sport offered schools, sports clubs and organisations an exciting opportunity to attend a Training of Trainers (TOT) course in the Youth Development through Football (YDF) Toolkit, developed by The German Development Cooperation (GIZ) and endorsed by South African Football Association (SAFA).
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Players excel at street soccer tournament

Pretoria, 30 July 2012.  Altus Sport, supported by Youth Development through Football (YDF) and the Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture of the City of Tshwane held a Street Soccer Tournament recently.
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DOSB and GIZ extending their collaboration

Pretoria, 18 July 2012. The Deutsche Olympische Sportbund (DOSB) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH will network their respective knowledge and strengthen their cooperation in the future. To this end, GIZ Board Member Adolf Kloke-Lesch signed a general agreement with DOSB in Berlin on 26 June, the objective of which is to tap the full potential of sports and ensure improved development measures in the international cooperation with partner countries.
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2nd UNOSDP Youth Leadership Camp successfully concluded

Pretoria, 16 July 2012. Eleven successful days lie behind 26 young people from sub-Saharan Africa and the Palestinian territories after the conclusion of the 2^nd UNOSDP Youth Leadership Camp at the end of June at Sportschule Hennef, Germany. The participants have honed their skills and expanded their shared knowledge on how to use sport to address social change and promote peace. 
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2010 FIFA World Cup Legacy Trust has opened

Pretoria, 26 June 2012. Applications to receive funding from the 2010 FIFA World Cupâ„¢ Legacy Trust may be submitted until 31 July 2012. Established by FIFA and the South African Football Association (SAFA), the Legacy Trust promotes and extends the development and reach of football within South Africa.
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Making history come alive

Pretoria, 19 June 2012. On 16 June 2012, several YDF partners organised events and activities that involved hundreds of children and youths from various communities to celebrate Youth Day. Throughout the country, organisations made use of the special day to bring together children and youth in workshops and tournaments in order to honour the young people who lost their lives while standing up for their rights in 1976.
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YDF runs into extra time

Pretoria, 19 June 2012. The YDF project is proud to announce an approved extension of its mission to foster youth development through football in Africa. The big moment has come - not merely for YDF partner organisations, governmental institutions, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and team members, but also for thousands of involved youngsters and children. 
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Manual for Disability Inclusion piloted

Pretoria, 18 June 2012. Another step towards the expansion of the YDF Toolkit has been taken. On the invitation of YDF, a group of 14 participants, well versed in the area of disability inclusion and football, successfully conducted the pilot workshop under the working title ‘YDF Manual for Disability Inclusion’.
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Youth Leader Forum kicks off

Pretoria, 07 June 2012. Invited and accompanied by YDF, a team from Altus Sport met with Dona’s Mates in Orange Farm to share their experiences relating to setting up a youth leader forum on Monday, 4 June. At the workshop, the two members of the Sport for Social Change Network (SSCN) and the YDF partners discussed future activities, responsibilities and the development of a constitution.
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YDF mentorship programme swings into action

Pretoria, 05 June 2012. The Youth Sports for Social Development (YSSD) organisation, a partner of the YDF project, hosted its first YDF Coach Course from 17 to 19 May. The Community Hall in Mamelodi East has been chosen as the first location for the newly established mentorship programme, where newly trained YDF instructors are accompanied by a mentor during the holding of their first workshop.
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YDF Manual for Gender Awareness launched and published

Pretoria, 25 May 2012. After months of work, all those present at the first Youth Development through Football (YDF) workshop on gender awareness were excited to cast an eye over the newly published short module. Hot off the press, the YDF Manual for Gender Awareness has been developed to help coaches reflect on their own perceptions and attitudes towards gender roles in society, and to develop a deeper understanding of gender issues in football.Your description here.
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SSCN members to participate in next UNOSDP Youth Leadership Camp

Pretoria, 24 May 2012. From 18-28 June 2012, the second Youth Leadership Camp (YLC) organised by the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP) will take place in Hennef, Germany. As with the first camp in January, YDF supported the applications of youth leaders from YDF partner organisations and members of the Sport for Social Change Network (SSCN).
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Community work with a smile

Oyugis, Kenya 30 March 2012. During a YDF workshop on HIV/AIDS prevention in Nyanza Province, Kenya, the Society Empowerment Project (SEP) introduces the golden term ‘SMILE’ into the work of football and life-skills coaches.
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SSCN runs Jozi

Johannesburg, 22 March 2012. Members of the Sport for Social Change Network southern Africa (SSCN) were among the 10,000 runners reveled in the inaugural Nike Run Free. Run Jozi. 10 kilometer night race. All runners boldly claimed back the streets of Johannesburg on Human Rights Day, March 21^st.
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SSCN takes the next step

Johannesburg, 05 March 2012. A new chapter is written in the history of sport for development as the Southern African Sport for Social Change Network (SSCN) becomes a formal legal entity and elects its first SSCN Board of Directors.
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Gender scores the winning goal!

Pretoria, 25 January 2012. The first Africa-wide Gender Award of the Africa Department of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH was presented in December 2011. With its innovative approach and endurance in promoting gender equality, raising female participation in sport, and fostering mutual understanding between young boys and girls, the Youth Development through Football (YDF) project was selected as one of the four winners.
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